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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1907
Page
4
Wanted A few loads of straw. For sale Barred Plymouth Rock cockerels. G. W. Dodder located 1 mile east and 4 miles south of the square. 48-w-tf.
Winter term newcomers joined by two literary societies visited the roller skating rink after the weekly meeting. About fifty students attended and shared a novelty entertainment while attempting roller skating, enjoying a lively social evening.
The What I Can society of the Baptist church will meet Friday evening at 7 30 sharp with Miss Ruth Brindley at her home on the Heights.
The Society of the Army of the Frontier marks the forty-fifth anniversary of the Prairie Grove battle in Arkansas. A ceremony is set for J. W. Mortonbborg on Saturday evening December 7 1907 at 7 o'clock.
The regular annual election of officers for Orion lodge No. 75 K of P was held last Monday evening. Newly elected officers include J. Ford as Commander J. P. McCulley as Vice Commander Thomas as Prelate Morrison as K of R Ashby as Master of Finance Wilson as Master of Exchequer Cowger as Master at Arms Mason as Investigator Hebner as Outer Guard Keck as Trustee.
In Muscatine Iowa on December 4 Billy Sunday reported 1115 converts with 101 that day. The day drew about 12000 attendees across sessions including 27 during the afternoon men’s meeting and 69 at the evening gathering. Walter Coppock rode westbound on the Rock Island that morning.
O S Woolever of Le Raysville N Y endorses Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a cure for piles claiming it cured him twenty years ago. Guaranteed for sores wounds burns or abrasions. 25c at Stewart's Pharmacy.
The statement frames this winter as a decisive period testing a coal man. It underscores endurance and capability under harsh conditions and economic strain.
R Love left for a brief visit to Centerville to see his son Floyd. The A W Sherman property in Oak Park addition was damaged by fire from a defective flue, with water and smoke harm to walls and furniture. Miss Georgia Shannon of Longton Kansas wed George Newman last night at 6 and will reside on his farm nearby.
Dec 3 visitors Mr and Mrs Sam Sigafouse called on Grace Hill. Alvin Strum stays a week with his uncle Robert Kephart. A B Carr and Roy Foss delivered hogs at Havre today. Mrs G L Benson spends the day at Tom Nicholson s. Mr and Mrs Silas Caldwell were Burlington passengers this morning.
Our boys defeated Riverside 22 to 0 East of town on Thanksgiving Day. Christian ladies served dinner at the hall with strong attendance. Various town residents and visitors noted including Miss Zaddie Welte at the Kalona house and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Brown on the streets. A new roller skating club formed among local youth.
Dec 4 Crawfordsville notes report Mr and Mrs John Pas chal leaving for Winterset Iowa. W E Walker visits Washington. Mrs George Stewart arrives from Algona to visit sister Mrs Allen DeLong. Mr and Mrs Griswold of Columbus Junction visit daughter Mrs J T Rickey. Epworth League enjoyed a hay ladder ride to the White home with a social evening.
Mrs. Georgia Turbott returned from St. Joseph to take a brief vacation. Miss Ella Porter visited Washington with friends. Mrs. C. A. McCreedy accompanied her son Sherman to Iowa City for treatment. Miss Gladys Fitzgerald and Miss Eliza Sweet traveled to Washington and West Liberty for winter visits. Mrs. J. A. Craig and women guests visited Washington friends. Miss Kerble returned to Muscatine from Tripp. John Morrison of Columbus Junction visited his sister in Washington. J. W. Love of Roann spent days with his father in Washington.
Dec 4 notes several local figures making short trips from Muscatine and Washington. Mrs Rebecca Wolf came back from Washington. Mrs J N Rienert hosts Card club. Dudley Crone is elected cashier at Farmers' Savings Bank succeeding B D Helscher. Fay Bales and Nelle Stevenson visit Washington. S 8 Wright named assistant cashier at the same bank.
Mr and Mrs Daniel Winkle were beaten to death in their Fairport home between midnight and 7 am. A suspect named Jones, age about 35 to 40, is believed to have fled to Illinois. Motives split between a possible assault and a crime to hide it, with locals forming posses to find him.
Monday evening election of Home Guards of the World officers drew an unusually large attendance at the lodge rooms. Elected: Master of work W. A. Whiting, past master Clifford Thorne, vice master Mrs. Susan Thompson, secretary J. A. Work, monitor Mrs. Nora Long, conductor Christy Moriarty, inner guard M. B. Keyes, outer guard L. H. Richardson, trustee William Thompson, physicians Drs. C. W. Stewart E. Wickham and W. MecLaughlin. Refreshments followed by the entertainment committee.
A bakery offers a large and complete line of baked goods at all times. The shop emphasizes continuous availability of bread and related pastries.
A shipment of 35 R A laborers left the city for Mexico City this morning. In total 140 are employed on the Milwaukee project at various points nearby. The foreman praises their workmanship as superior to prior foreign workers. The Viena shop offers the largest and best assortment of fresh cookies in the city.
A letter from 1 Brinton to the president of a Woman's Relief corps presents the plan to donate proceeds from an entertainment at Graham opera house on New Year's afternoon. Brinton will film new acts for the show to maximize donations for caring for the needy, with the event to be well attended. Mrs. George Byrum of Mt. Pleasant visits Fairfield with her daughter Emma who is at Pleasant View sanitarium.
Frank Beatty of the county farm displayed Rhode Island Reds at the Wellman poultry show, earning two firsts and one second. The birds are praised as fine and expected to shine at the upcoming poultry show in a few weeks. H Benn was an east bound passenger on the Rock Island this morning.
Dec 4 reception at Rob Turkington residence featured games and music with guests Miss Bertha Anderson from Washington and Miss Alta Zickafose of Olds attending. Mr. Dick Carrick and Miss Nellie Chamberlain wed at Wapello and plan to reside on his father's Albia farm. Ladies’ Aid meets at Samuel Turkington residence this afternoon. Also an advertisement touts Preventics cold tablets, claiming rapid, safe relief without quinine or laxatives, sold by J. H. Stewart.
Will Harvey visited Wayland on business while Mrs. John Smeltzer arrived from the east this morning. Chariton’s James Harrison and West Chester’s Herman Schultz visited town today on business. Myrtle Nicola, daughter of Mrs Eva Nicola, is improving from illness. The Fraternal Aid bazaar is set for Saturday December 14 in the Haight room with donations and homemade eats. The Baptist Missionary Society meets Friday at 2 pm for the final program of the year and officer elections, followed by tea and mite box opening.
Brown's Tennessee Minstrels performed to a good sized audience in Portage Wisconsin with dancing singing and encores followed by another show tonight and a December 5 return. The troupe features Brown's cornet band and orchestra and the Ladies' Aid bazaar is set for December 7. Foley's Honey and Tar is claimed not to contain opiates according to the National Pure Food and Drug Law and is sold by druggists.
The latest forecast calls for generally fair conditions in Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin with little temperature change. Lower Michigan may see light snow flurries. Iowa stays generally fair with no major shifts through tonight by 8 PM.
Phrase explains how a child’s illness can be misattributed to diphtheria when the germ is present. It claims Chamlain's Cough Remedy cures the cold and dangers of diphtheria, and advertises it as sold by Cook and Sherman.
In Kina, six miles east of Joliet, Carl Praeter and his wife Etta Praeter were found dead in their home from coal gas leaking from a large heating stove with an open door. Neighbor Mrs. Long found them after not being seen since Sunday, with two Joliet sons notified. The pair, aged 77 and 75, were longtime Will county residents and the deaths occurred twelve hours or more prior to discovery.
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